Promotion: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Date: February 11, 2023
Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
TV station/network: TV Asahi.
Commentary by: Yuichi Tabata, Yohei Onishi, Shinji Yoshino, Milano Collection AT & Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Overall Show Score: 7/10
Pros: I enjoyed the second half more than the first. Suzuki, Desperado and Narita won the Open weight 6-man tag team titles, I’m glad they used a sneak attack tactic to open that match. My favourite matches were between Jay White vs Hikuleo and The main event between Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi.
Cons: This show was cut down to just the key four matches and I felt like it interrupted the flow of the event. After the results of this event I wonder if this is enough to end the bullet club?
Matches:
Tag Team Match:
Toru Yano and Oskar Leube
vs.
United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Aaron Henare). Winners: United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Aaron Henare) Rating: alright.
8 Man Tag Team Match:
Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino, Tiger Mask and Ryusuke Taguchi
vs.
Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, Hiromu Takahashi and Bushi). Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada, Hiromu Takahashi and Bushi) Rating: Not that good
Singles Match:
vs.
Taiji Ishimori. Winner: Taiji Ishimori Rating: Fine
Singles Match:
vs.
Kenta. Winner: Hiroshi Tanahashi Rating: Okay
Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship:
House of Torture (Evil, Yujiro Takahashi and Sho) ©
vs
Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado and Ren Narita. Winners: Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado and Ren Narita won the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships. Rating: Solid
vs
Jay White (with Gedo). Winner: Hikuleo Rating: Great but not amazing.
Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship:
Tama Tonga (c) (with Jado)
vs.
El Phantasmo. Winner: Tama Tonga keep his never open weight championship. Rating: Really Good
Main Event:
Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship:
Kazuchika Okada (c)
vs.
Shingo Takagi. Winner: Kazuchika Okada still is the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Rating: Amazing